https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/...nd-chip-making-machines "Chinese companies like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) have ramped up their purchases of the machines needed to make silicon wafers and computer chips. China became the largest market for such equipment in 2020, according to a December report from SEMI, an industry association. With Huawei and other tech companies stockpiling chips ahead of US restrictions, imports surged about 14 per cent in 2020. Huawei was blacklisted by the US government...
One of the big winners of that surge in chip demand was Taiwan, with orders at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp and other firms climbing and Taiwan’s economic growth outpacing China’s for the first time in 30 years...."
HSINCHU/TAIWAN (IT-Times) - Der Chip-Auftragsproduzent Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) hat heute die vorläufigen Ergebnisse für das erste Quartal des Geschäftsjahres 2021 vorgelegt und ein steigendes Umsatzwachstum angekündigt.Die Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC, Nasdaq: TSM) erzielte demnach im ersten Quartal 2021 einen Nettoumsatz in Höhe von 362,41 Mrd. New Taiwan Dollar (NT-Dollar) bzw. 12,7 Mrd. US-Dollar, ein Wachstum von 16,7 Prozent zum Vorjahr (Vorquartal: plus 14 Prozent).Damit wurde die eigene Prognose erreicht. TSMC sprach im Vorfeld von einer starken Nachfrage nach der 5-Nanometer-Technologie, ... https://www.it-times.de/news/...n-das-umsatzwachstum-erhoehen-138428/
Kicky
: USA Sanktionen gg chin.Supercomputerfirmen
"...But the even bigger concern here is that China is building these supercomputers with US military technology via a company called Phytium The Chinese entities are Tianjin Phytium Information Technology, Shanghai High-Performance Integrated Circuit Design Center, Sunway Microelectronics and the National Supercomputing Center branches. The washington post this week said Phytium used technology from Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys. The entity list move would effectively prevent the two California-based companies from providing services and products to the Chinese firms. But it would not bar them from supplying the Chinese groups if that technology were produced in facilities outside of the US.
Plattenulli
: Gipfeltreffen des Weißen Hauses mit TSMC
Am 15. April wird das Unternehmen voraussichtlich eine Investorenkonferenz abhalten, um die Ergebnisse sowie die Prognose für den Rest dieses Jahres und die Fortschritte bei geplanten neuen Chipanlagen in Arizona und Japan zu erläutern.
Kicky
: TSMC reports sales rise, extending run of record
Bloomberg https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2021/04/10/2003755391 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co yesterday reported a third straight quarter of record sales, underscoring its lead as the world’s No. 1 maker of advanced chips, which are in short supply.Taiwan’s largest company said that first-quarter revenue climbed 16.7 percent to NT$362.41 billion (US$12.74 billion), compared with the average NT$360.5 billion of analysts’ estimates.
Kicky
: TSMC könnte eine Revision seiner Ziele bringen
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20210412PD204.html TSMC is likely to provide a revision to its capex target for 2021 at its upcoming earnings conference call scheduled for April 15, according to market observers. https://investor.tsmc.com/english/quarterly-results/2021/q1 TSMC's First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference will be held on Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 14:00 Taiwan time/ 2:00 Eastern Time. The Quiet Period is April 5 to 14, 2021. During this period, TSMC refrains itself from making contacts with the investment communities.
https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/...ng-with-company-officials/ Intel Corp Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger attended the meeting virtually and told Reuters that Intel is in talks with suppliers of automotive chips to produce their chips in Intel’s factories. The goal would be to start producing chips within six to nine months to address a shortage that has idled assembly lines at some U.S. automotive plants.
und Biden : He will urge Congress to invest $50 billion in semiconductor manufacturing and research as part of his broader focus on rebuilding U.S. manufacturing as a powerhouse for the world’s largest economy – and a source of good-paying jobs .... aber bekanntlich geht das nicht so schnell
aber immerhin hat TSMC baut eine Fabrik in Arizona und angeblich erhöhen sie die Kapazität hier https://www.abc15.com/news/business/...rger-than-originally-announced Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.’s planned Phoenix manufacturing plant will likely be three times larger than was originally announced.The cost to build the manufacturing facility is likely to be closer to $35 billion, nearly triple the $12 billion first announced, according to sources with knowledge of the deal and Asian media reports. Media reports describe the Arizona plant as a "mega site" that would include six factories.
Kicky
: wie TSMC zum Dreh u.Angelpunkt d.globalen Ökonomie
wurde https://www.ft.com/content/05206915-fd73-4a3a-92a5-6760ce965bd9 "as a property boom takes hold in his hometown of Shanhua.The reason for the construction frenzy in the once shabby rural town in southern Taiwan is simple: the arrival of the world’s most advanced chip factory.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the largest contract chipmaker in the world, is building a plant to make 3 nanometre chips, semiconductors expected to be up to 70 per cent faster and more power-efficient than the most advanced in production now and which will be used in devices from smartphones to supercomputers. ...The plant, due to start mass production next year, will use process technology which so far only TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics have mastered — at present, the most advanced chips are 5nm. The new chips bring huge advantages for customers: the smaller the transistors on a chip, the lower the energy consumption and higher the speed. Measuring 160,000 square metres, the size of 22 football fields, the plant is commensurate with TSMC itself: a hulk with a stranglehold on global semiconductor manufacturing.....
....While many governments would love to be able to mimic its success, they are likely to find the costs of trying to match TSMC prohibitive. And its customers are beginning to realise they are not dealing with a traditional supplier.
....§TSMC has long gone largely unnoticed because the semiconductors it manufactures are designed and sold in products by branded vendors such as Apple, AMD or Qualcomm. Yet the company controls more than half of the world market for made-to-order chips....."
Kicky
: CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain
resilience will include White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese.As of midday Friday, 19 major companies had agreed to send executives, including General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra, Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley and Chrysler-parent Stellantis... NV CEO Carlos Tavares.executives from GlobalFoundries, PACCAR, NXP and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, AT&T, Samsung, Google-parent Alphabet, Dell Technologies, Intel Corp, Medtronic, Northrop Grumman, HP, Cummins and Micron. A U.S. auto industry group this week urged the government to help and warned that a global semiconductor shortage could result in 1.28 million fewer vehicles built this year and disrupt production for another six months. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/...-with-company-officials-2021-04-12
Taiwan Semiconductor Q1 2021 Ergebnisvorschau Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM ) wird voraussichtlich am Donnerstag, dem 15. April, vor der Marktöffnung die Ergebnisse des ersten Quartals bekannt geben.
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSNC), the world's No. 1 maker of advanced silicon, reported better-than-expected profit as global companies from carmakers to PC suppliers scramble for chips.
Net income for the January-March period climbed 19 per cent to NT$139.7 billion (S$6.56 billion), versus the average analyst estimate of NT$136.2 billion. Gross margin for the quarter eased to 52.4 per cent from 54 per cent in the three months prior, due in part to relatively lower levels of utilization and exchange-rate fluctuations.
Prices going up..."Recall, in early April we noted that semi chip prices were expected to rise through all of 2021. This month alone, suppliers like Japan’s top silicone producer, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. marked up prices between 10% and 20%, according to Caixin, who reported that growing input costs and supply disruptions could be tide that continues to push up prices. One Jiangsu diode manufacturer said it's suppliers had raised prices five times since the second half of 2020. The hikes represented a total markup of between 30% and 40%, including a new 10% hike that came into effect last week. Last week, we had noted that smartphone sales in China had risen in March by 67.7% despite the shortage. " TSMCs steigende Umsätze und Gewinne https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/...ges/ts2.jpg?itok=vAiIz8Bm
https://www.it-times.de/news/...2022-capex-deutlich-angehoben-138483/ ...Der Anteil der 5-Nanometer-Lieferungen am gesamten Wafer-Umsatz betrug im Quartal 14 Prozent, der Anteil der 7-Nanometer-Lieferungen 35 Prozent. Fortgeschrittene Technologien, definiert als 7-Nanometer- und fortgeschrittenere Technologien, machten indes 49 Prozent des gesamten Wafer-Umsatzes aus.Nach Geschäftssegmenten betrachtet, machte das Smartphone-Geschäft etwa 45 Prozent des Umsatzes aus, während der HPC-Bereich auf mehr als ein Drittel anstieg, was die anhaltende Nachfrage nach Geräten und Internet-Servern widerspiegelt...."
kann nur jemand schreiben, der Null Ahnung hat von der Chipindustrie. Wie schwierig es ist ,bestimmte Nanometer herzustellen und nicht die nötigen Fachleute zu haben, werden noch etliche Firmen merken,auch wenn Biden jetzt mit Geld die Chipindustrie stützt wegen der fehlenden Chips vor allem in der Autoindustrie . Da dürfte TSMC recht haben, die sagen der Chipmangel erstreckt sich noch bis ins nächste Jahr s#192
Der kanadische Youtuber Daniel Pronk lud gestern dieses Video hoch, in dem er u.a. eine ausführliche Analyse von Taiwan Semiconductor vorstellt (in EN):